Pop Culture Quiz prelims 2018
- 3. 1 • Katy Perry's song Swish Swish(allegedly a dig at Taylor Swift) had a basketball themed video that borrowed plot elements from Space Jam. • But at its heart the video was really about internet memes. • Keeping in mind the meme-friendly nature of the video , when Katy tries to do a slam dunk , she goes cosmic which even interferes with the flow of the song. • What exactly happens?
- 6. 2 #notsokolstylz • Who wrote the introduction for "The Joker-A Visual History of the Crime Prince of Crime" by Daniel Wallace in 2011?
- 7. Mark Hamill
- 8. 3 • A screencap from Children of Men (2006). What are they referencing here?
- 10. 4 * • These are few lines taken from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire(1962) , presented as a 999-line poem written by a fictional poet. • "And blood-black nothingness began to spin A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem And dreadfully distinct against the dark a tall white fountain played" • Where were these lines used last year , to assess the emotional stability of someone after challenging situations?
- 11. Blade Runner 2049 • Post-traumatic Baseline Test
- 12. 5 • The Patas monkey & the whistle thorn acacia tree , which might have come to the notice of Mr.Theodore Geisle while he took a trip to Kenya in 1970 , supposedly led to the creation of which beloved character a year later?
- 13. Lorax
- 14. 6 • Only 5 characters have appeared in all 3 films of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth & Commissioner Gordon are three. Identify the other 2.
- 15. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow & Lucius Fox
- 16. 7 • By 2002, the filmmaker found his project to be a bigger film than planned and saw that other directors were working on World War 2 films. X had produced three nearly finished scripts, proclaiming that it was "some of the best writing I've ever done. But I couldn't come up with an ending. “ The revised premise focused on a group of soldiers who escape from their executions and embark on a mission to help the Allies. He described the men as "not your normal hero types that are thrown into a big deal in the Second World War“ • When asked for an explanation of the peculiar title during a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, he said, "I'm never going to explain that". He later stated that the misspelled title is "a Basquiat-esque touch”. • Which film am I talking about?
- 18. 8 * • "It was terrifying starting shooting this film finally after, well it originally started in 1989. That’s a long time ago! To be thinking, dreaming it, writing and rewriting it, it was a horrible feeling...Yet what’s interesting about a film - at a certain point it starts making itself. So it’s not actually the film I set out to make. This is a slightly different film. It’s doing its own work, and I’m just holding on for dear life!" - This appeared in the Twitter account of a movie on April 20 , 2018. • Id the film which finally saw the light of the day on May 19 2018.
- 19. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- 20. 9 • In the list highest grossing R-rated movies worldwide , The Matrix Reloaded comes at 2nd place & It(2017) finishes fourth. • Which movies fill the first and third spot , respectively?
- 21. Deadpool , Deadpool 2
- 22. 10 • Although a superficial listener might think the song a flag-waving paean to America, the song is actually a wry and somewhat caustic commentary on the hypocrisy of patriotism. The tune recognizes the plight of unfortunate foreign people’s suffering in a questionable war; while paying tribute to Vietnam veterans who served their country, some of whom were X’s friends and some of whom did not return from the conflict; it also protests the hardships Vietnam veterans faced upon their return from the war. • The song's narrative traces the protagonist's working-class origins, induction into the armed forces, and disaffected return to the States. • Which 1984 hit is being talked about?
- 23. Born in the USA , Bruce Springsteen
- 24. 11 • Which television series originally was slated to be produced as a film, with Selena Gomez in the lead role, but ended up being produced as a television web series with her as the executive producer?
- 25. 13 Reasons Why
- 26. 12 * Whose photo at age 10 , holding his accordion , someone who would go on to play Captain Peanutbutter (Mr . Peanutbutter’s brother) few decades later among his other exploits?
- 28. 13 • In Spongebob’s Atlantis Squarepantis , the 92nd episode of the series , Lord Royal Highness is voiced by a special guest star. • By taking clues from one of his facial features , tell me who it was.
- 29. David Bowie
- 30. 14 • This is a cross between Shaggy and one of the two main characters of an anime – Identify the character.
- 31. Genos from One Punch Man
- 32. 15 The first season is based on the novel ‘The run of his life: ____________ _________’ and second season is based on the novel ‘ Vulgar favours: ____________ ________, and the largest failed manhunt in U.S. History’ . Which series?
- 34. 16 *-Connect these Ladies to a 2018 creation K’yanna Barber J.T & Yung Miami(Karesha)
- 35. In My Feelings KB, do you love me? Are you riding? ...... 'Resha, do you love me? Are you riding? ..... J.T., do you love me? Are you riding? .... I buy you Champagne but you love some Henny From the block like you Jenny ....
- 36. 17 • Which ad was this , to receive flak from Mr.Raj Kundra , husband of Shilpa Shetty?
- 37. Frooti - SRK
- 38. 18 • Derek Kolstad (born 1974) is a writer from Madison , Wisconsin whose early credits include Dolph Lundgren vehicles One in the Chamber & The Package . • By the end of 2012, Kolstad sold his next script, titled Scorn, to Thunder Road Pictures • which was renamed after the title character who was inturn named after Kolstad's grandfather , upon the request of the lead actor. • Identify his most famous work which proved to be a game- changer.
- 39. John Wick
- 40. 19 • To whom is this Amul ad dedicated?
- 41. ABBA
- 42. 20 * Which legendary 30 year old movie is this video inspired from?
- 44. Akira